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The 17th Avenue Residence Hall has signs posted on its entrance doors on Tuesday, Jan. 30. University of Minnesota residence halls will have heightened security during Super Bowl weekend. 17th Avenue Residence Hall will require all guests that don't live in the residence hall to sign in.

Security increases around dorms during Super Bowl week

by Maraya King
Published January 31, 2018
University of Minnesota dorms will see increased security measures as thousands flock to Minneapolis for the weekend.

Asian American resource center opens on UMN campus

by Helen Sabrowsky
Published January 31, 2018
The center was funded through a national Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions grant.
A man sits on the ledge of the sixth-floor window at 1:15 p.m. after two loud explosions were heard at 1:09 p.m. Police say the suspect is in the room and believe he is the only person in the room.

Suspect in Graduate Hotel standoff is in custody, police say

by Ryan Faircloth and Nick Wicker
Published January 30, 2018
The suspect was apprehended after a nearly 38-hour standoff.
A man sits on the ledge of the sixth-floor window at 1:15 p.m. after two loud explosions were heard at 1:09 p.m. Police say the suspect is in the room and believe he is the only person in the room.

Explosions sound at Graduate Hotel

by Nick Wicker
Published January 30, 2018
The blasts followed hours of police standoff on the University's East Bank.
A man pokes his head out the sixth floor window at 11:40 a.m. after police fired gas into a sixth floor room at the Graduate Hotel. Police say the suspect is in the room and believe he is the only person in the room.

Police respond with gas at Graduate Hotel after microwave thrown out window

by Mike Hendrickson
Published January 30, 2018
The standoff at the Graduate Hotel has been going on for over 36 hours.
Police are negotiating with at least one individual inside the Graduate Hotel as of Monday evening. “We’ve been talking to that individual and asking them to come out for some time now,” UMPD Police Chief Matt Clark said Monday morning.  

More than 30 hours later, Graduate Hotel situation continues

by Nick Wicker
Published January 30, 2018
At 8:30 p.m. Monday, a woman left the East Bank hotel room where police continue to negotiate.
The current installment of the new Coffman restaurant Meta Flavors, Tavolino, as seen on Monday, Jan. 29. The new restaurant's format uses student polling to decide which menu it will carry each month.

New Coffman restaurant puts emphasis on diversity, sustainability

by Max Chao
Published January 29, 2018
Meta Flavors uses student votes to decide on its menu each month.
SWAT personnel gather outside the Graduate Hotel early Monday morning in response to what the University is calling a "public safety situation" involving someone inside the hotel.

UMPD chief update on Graduate Hotel: “We’re hoping to resolve this situation fairly soon”

by Kelly Busche and Madeline Deninger
Published January 29, 2018
Minneapolis and University of Minnesota police have been trying to get a number of individuals out of a hotel room since midnight.
The view outside the Graduate Hotel shortly after 7 a.m.

Graduate Hotel incident continues, police say

by Kelly Busche and Madeline Deninger
Published January 29, 2018
Roads are still closed near the hotel due to a "public safety situation" involving at least one individual.

Safety alert for the Graduate Hotel on East Bank reaches students

by Nick Wicker
Published January 29, 2018
A road closure and University building closure was sent to students just before 6 a.m. Monday.

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